Bi-wire Cable Choices?...

I own Canare Star Quad 4S11 too!! I never really compared them to anything else. They seem pretty good to me.

Sorry, one other thing to add about the 4S11 by Canare: they seem to deliver excellent bass, which was improved (in my system, mind you) even more with Dakiom feedback stabilizers. (Those are an entire topic unto themselves; people have varying experiences and Tvad posted some nicely thought out response threads to my review of those...) However, I also own a Rel Storm sub-bass unit which is just phenomenal. It is the single best component in my system, I think. So how well these cables would do for the bass in other systems is unknown to me.

Mdhoover, even though I think the Canare 4S11 is a terrific bargain, my system displayed a touch of edginess and brightness when I had the Starquad in my system. It's that sound I was hoping to tame with the Dakioms, and they actually did soften that edge. But, it wasn't until I replaced the Starquad with MAS Signature Hybrid speaker cable that the edginess and hash disappeared completely.

Tvad, that's interesting. The local dealer is touting the Audioquest CV-6. Those would be about 400 bucks. How much are the MAS Signature Hybrid speaker cables? Do you know anything about the CV-6?

Also, (if you have the time and patience) can you educate me a little on biwiring? Specifically, am I really gaining anything by having only two connections to the wire at the amp and then branching into four to "biwire" at the speaker end? The amp is the ST 140 and has only a single + and - post for each channel. It does NOT have 4 posts per side, so I'm NOT "bi-amping".

In this setting, is this "bi-wiring" just some sham, or is there really some benefit beyond a "regular" cable run? Thanks for the help.

Mdhoover, I have not experienced an advantage of bi-wiring over single
run wiring with jumpers, but others might say otherwise. I have long
speaker cable runs of 30', and twisting the opposing leads of the Canare
4S11 (red/clear red and white/clear white) into two leads provided the
same performance as bi-wiring. I think spending the money on four
lengths is a waste, especially for a short run. Canare 4S11 is a good
value because it provides four twisted leads that can be combined into
two leads. Are you using them this way? You should try it.

MAS Signature Hybrid has a similar configuration but uses copper and
silver wire, and can be either terminated to allow bi-wiring, or twisted
pair in a larger gauge. You don't mention how long your runs are, so I
can't give you a MAS Signature comparison at $400, but there is a used
8' pair currently available on Audiogon for $170. The new MAS cables
come with a 30 day MBG. You can contact Stu Wein via one of his ads
for MAS interconnects.